On 11 February the Commonwealth Government named the glossy black-cockatoo as one of the top 10 bird species under threat following the bushfires. The exact number of native animals that perished has not been confirmed. Post-bushfire populationĪbout 75 per cent of SA’s endangered glossy black-cockatoo population lived in the bushfire zone and a significant percentage of its known feeding habitat was burnt. The 2019-20 bushfire event on Kangaroo Island was the largest in the island’s recorded history and burnt more vegetation than any other bushfire on the island.Ībout 200,000 hectares of the 440,500 ha island was burnt – that’s almost half the island. The seventh flock is based mostly on the eastern end of Kangaroo Island.īe in the know: Read our our blog about the recovery efforts that have been underway since 1995 when there were only 150 glossies on the island. Here’s everything you need to know about these cockies, their habitat and how they are recovering: Pre-bushfire populationīefore the bushfires, Kangaroo Island was estimated to only have about 370 glossy black-cockatoos, congregating in seven main flocks.įive of these flocks relied almost entirely on habitat in the bushfire-affected area for feeding and nesting, while another flock only has part of its habitat in the area. This summer’s bushfires had a huge impact on this special species. Our Kangaroo Island glossies pretty much only eat drooping she-oak tree seeds too. Kangaroo Island has a super special subspecies of the endangered glossy, which is smaller but has a bigger bill than the subspecies that occurs along the east coast of Australia. Glossy black-cockatoos are only found in two sections of the country – from eastern Queensland to Mallacoota in Victoria and on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island.
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